About the book: 2013 / A new fairy tale for children and teenagers (which adults will certainly enjoy) from the famous writer Neil Gaiman, author of "Coraline", "Sons Anansi" and "Stardust", is published for the first time in Russian. If you like to wander through worlds so similar to ours, but in which ancient magic has been preserved and where the young hero, leaving the threshold of the house, goes straight into Adventure - this book is for you. It has an exciting plot, depth, subtlety, humor, evil witchcraft and good spells, talking animals and a world that is waiting for spring. The strange boy Odd will guide you through the most amazing places of the fabulous North, so similar to the Scandinavian myth…